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mal._n 2._o 12._o and_o also_o the_o tent_n of_o the_o saint_n reu._n 20._o 9_o q._n wherein_o be_v noah_n the_o type_n of_o christ_n a._n as_o noah_n build_v a_o ark_n so_o do_v christ_n the_o church_n second_o as_o noah_n do_v offer_v a_o sacrifice_n whereof_o god_n smell_v a_o savour_n of_o rest_n so_o do_v christ_n three_o as_o god_n for_o noah_n sacrifice_n do_v curse_v the_o ground_n no_o more_o even_o so_o for_o christ_n sacrifice_n god_n do_v curse_v the_o church_n no_o more_o fourthly_a as_o noah_n plant_v a_o vineyard_n so_o do_v christ_n plant_v the_o church_n which_o be_v his_o vineyard_n 5._o as_o noah_n be_v drink_v with_o wine_n so_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o true_a wine_n and_o who_o tread_v the_o winepress_a alone_o who_o turn_v water_n into_o wine_n and_o who_o be_v count_v a_o drinker_n of_o wine_n be_v drunken_a with_o the_o wine_n of_o his_o father_n wrath_n in_o commemoration_n whereof_o he_o have_v command_v we_o to_o drink_v wine_n in_o the_o sacrament_n 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also_o of_o sems_n family_n who_o he_o have_v so_o high_o bless_v and_o this_o be_v not_o a_o small_a grief_n to_o see_v wicked_a cham_n who_o he_o have_v curse_v with_o his_o posterity_n so_o to_o flourish_v and_o abound_v in_o wealth_n and_o power_n sure_o we_o be_v make_v say_v job_n to_o possess_v month_n of_o vanity_n and_o wearisome_a night_n be_v appoint_v to_o we_o therefore_o let_v we_o learn_v to_o contemn_v this_o foolish_a world_n for_o the_o grave_n at_o last_o must_v be_v our_o house_n and_o our_o bed_n must_v be_v make_v in_o the_o darkness_n job._n cap._n 7._o 3._o and_o cap._n 17._o 13._o question_n on_o the_o ten_o chapter_n q._n what_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o word_n generation_n which_o be_v so_o often_o use_v in_o the_o scripture_n a._n first_o it_o signify_v the_o original_n and_o beginning_n of_o thing_n as_o gen._n 2._o 4._o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n second_o the_o history_n of_o a_o man_n life_n and_o of_o those_o thing_n that_o 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not_o to_o give_v heed_n to_o genealogy_n 1._o tim._n 14._o a._n paul_n do_v condemn_v these_o genealogy_n that_o be_v endless_a and_o which_o minister_v question_n not_o edification_n second_o he_o do_v command_v we_o not_o to_o give_v heed_n to_o they_o neither_o to_o account_v they_o apart_o of_o god_n worship_n as_o the_o jew_n do_v but_o this_o genealogy_n of_o noah_n and_o such_o like_a in_o scripture_n be_v profitable_a for_o we_o to_o know_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o condemn_v q._n what_o profit_n be_v it_o for_o we_o to_o know_v the_o generation_n of_o noah_n son_n a._n they_o be_v profitable_a first_o because_o by_o they_o we_o see_v how_o the_o world_n be_v multiply_v 2._o by_o they_o we_o may_v refute_v the_o fabulous_a genealogy_n of_o poet_n philosopher_n egyptian_n aethiopian_n and_o other_o that_o do_v brag_v of_o their_o antiquity_n 3._o in_o this_o genealogy_n we_o see_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n blessing_n in_o multiply_a mankind_n 4._o by_o this_o genealogy_n 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dwell_n when_o he_o die_v his_o glory_n shall_v not_o descend_v after_o he_o etc._n etc._n the_o other_o end_n why_o they_o build_v this_o tower_n be_v lest_o they_o be_v scatter_v abroad_o a_o fear_n which_o do_v arise_v from_o their_o guilty_a conscience_n for_o the_o wicked_a fly_n when_o no_o man_n persu_v prou._n 28._o 1._o yet_o though_o this_o build_n of_o this_o tower_n proceed_v of_o pride_n and_o the_o intent_n of_o the_o bvilder_n be_v to_o dishonour_n god_n and_o get_v themselves_o a_o name_n we_o must_v not_o for_o this_o condemn_v the_o build_n of_o tower_n and_o fort_n which_o be_v for_o ornament_n and_o defence_n q._n what_o do_v the_o tower_n and_o city_n of_o babel_n signify_v a._n as_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o type_n of_o christ_n church_n so_o be_v babel_n of_o the_o devil_n synagogue_n and_o therefore_o as_o christ_n church_n and_o satan_n synagogue_n be_v contrary_a so_o be_v jerusalem_n and_o babel_n jerusalem_n signify_v the_o vision_n of_o peace_n because_o the_o 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reu._n 18._o 4._o q._n do_v god_n descend_v local_o from_o heaven_n to_o see_v the_o tower_n a._n no_o but_o when_o he_o bring_v out_o some_o extraordinary_a effect_n of_o his_o power_n and_o providence_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o justice_n or_o mercy_n he_o be_v say_v to_o descend_v so_o he_o descend_v to_o see_v sodom_n gen._n 18._o 21._o he_o descend_v to_o deliver_v his_o people_n from_o egypt_n exod._n 3._o 8._o he_o descend_v on_o sinai_n exod._n 19_o 11._o so_o he_o be_v desire_v to_o descend_v psal._n 144._o 5._o esa._n 64._o 1_o etc._n etc._n so_o here_o because_o he_o will_v manifest_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o justice_n in_o confound_v their_o tongue_n and_o disperse_v of_o they_o he_o be_v say_v to_o descend_v but_o if_o we_o say_v with_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n that_o christ_n oftentimes_o do_v assume_v the_o form_n of_o man_n before_o he_o have_v full_o unite_v it_o to_o himself_o in_o the_o virgin_n womb_n than_o we_o must_v also_o say_v that_o god_n here_o 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